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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is now the United States. It’s called The People’s Tongue, and it’s a sumptuous collection of essays, letters, poems, lyrics, and much more, from colonial times to the present. Plus, the story behind the phrase what are the odds? And speaking of odds, what’s the chance that you might see an astrobleme? Well, whatever you do, don’t look up! Also: cut a chogi, yeti de freezer, far venire il latte alle ginocchia, a brain teaser about demonyms, oosh! vs. brr!, evolving names for pets, trim a tree, walk and chew gum, deep yogurt, and lots more. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	If you're listening to away with words,
0:32.0	the show about language, and how we use it, I'm Grant Barrett.
0:36.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:38.0	If you want to describe people who have an overly high opinion of themselves,
0:42.0	maybe they're a little too self-congratulatory,
0:45.0	there's some handy Spanish slang that'll do the trick.
0:49.0	In English, we might say somebody's full of themselves.
0:52.0	But in Argentina, you might describe such a person as Tarzan de Masata,
0:57.0	which translates as Tarzan of the Flower Pot.
1:04.0	Tarzan of the Flower Pot.
1:06.0	Yeah, or you might call them Yeti de Freezer.
1:09.0	The Yeti of the Freezer.
1:16.0	You can also say the equivalent of Aquaman of the Toilet.
1:20.0	Oh no, Aquaman of the Toilet.
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